Lesson 10 - Grammar 2 - Passé composé (auxiliary être)
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Je suis allé à Versailles. |
In this chapter, we are going to study the ‘passé composé’ of the verbs conjugated with the auxiliary être (to be).
Only a few verbs are conjugated with the auxiliary ‘être’, but they are frequent in occurrence.
Here is a list of the most commonly used ones and the past participle of each:
Infinitive / Infinitif | Past participle / Participe passé | English / Anglais |
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aller | allé | to go |
arriver | arrivé | to arrive |
descendre | descendu | to go down |
devenir | devenu | to become |
entrer | entré | to enter |
monter | monté | to go up |
mourir | mort | to die |
naître | né | to be born |
partir | parti | to leave |
passer | passé | to go by, to come by |
rentrer | rentré | to come back, to go back |
rester | resté | to stay |
retourner | retourné | to return |
revenir | revenu | to come back |
sortir | sorti | to go out |
tomber | tombé | to fall |
venir | venu | to come |
redescendre | redescendu | to go down again |
remonter | remonté | to go up again |
repartir | reparti | to leave again |
ressortir | ressorti | to go out again |
retomber | retombé | to fall again |
Here is the Passé Composé of the verb arriver:
1. SP + être + past participle
French / Français | English / Anglais |
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je suis arrivé |
I arrived |
tu es arrivé | you arrived (singular) |
il est arrivé (elle, on) | he arrived (she, one) |
nous sommes arrivés | we arrived |
vous êtes arrivés | you arrived (plural) |
ils sont arrivés (elles) | they arrived |
2. SP + ne + être + pas + past participle
French / Français | English / Anglais |
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je ne suis pas arrivé |
I didn't arrive |
tu n'es pas arrivé | you didn't arrive (singular) |
il n'est pas arrivé (elle, on) | he didn't arrive (she, one) |
nous ne sommes pas arrivés | we didn't arrive |
vous n'êtes pas arrivés | you didn't arrive (plural) |
ils ne sont pas pas arrivés (elles) | they didn't arrive |
3. être + SP + past participle?
French / Français | English / Anglais |
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suis-je arrivé? |
did I arrive? |
es-tu arrivé? | did you arrive? (singular) |
est-il arrivé? (elle, on) | did he arrive? (she, one) |
sommes-nous arrivés? | did we arrive? |
êtes-vous arrivés? | did you arrive? (plural) |
sont-ils arrivés? (elles) | did they arrive? |
4. ne + être + SP + pas + past participle?
French / Français | English / Anglais |
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ne suis-je pas arrivé? |
didn't I arrive? |
n'es-tu pas arrivé? | didn't you arrive? (singular) |
n'est-il pas arrivé? (elle, on) | didn't he arrive? (she, one) |
ne sommes-nous pas arrivés? | didn't we arrive? |
n'êtes-vous pas arrivés? | didn't you arrive? (plural) |
ne sont-ils pas arrivés? (elles) | didn't they arrive? |